Todiramphus chloris
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) is a medium-sized kingfisher belonging to the subfamily Halcyoninae, the tree kingfishers. It is also known as the white-collared kingfisher, black-masked kingfisher or mangrove kingfisher. It has a wide range extending from the Red Sea across southern Asia to Melanesia. A number of subspecies and subspecies groups have been split from this species including the Pacific kingfisher, the Islet kingfisher, the Torresian kingfisher, the Mariana kingfisher, and the Melanesian kingfisher.
The collared kingfisher was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux in 1780. The bird was also illustrated in a hand-coloured plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle. This was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientific name but in 1783 the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name Alcedo chloris in his catalogue of the Planches Enluminées. The type locality is the island of Buru within Indonesia... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Komodo National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Bako National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 6 | Tangkoko Nature Reserve | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 8 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 9 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 10 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 11 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 12 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 13 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 14 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 15 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebu City | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 2 | Davao City | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 3 | Manila | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 4 | Denpasar | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Kuching | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 6 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 7 | Johor Bahru | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 8 | Bandar Lampung | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 9 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 10 | Yogyakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZooParc de Beauval | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Natura Artis Magistra | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 3 | Barcelona Zoo | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Walsrode World Bird Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Zoo Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Aquarama Barcelona | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Bali Bird Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 8 | Bioparc Fuengirola | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 9 | Snakeroom Serpentarium | 🇪🇸 Spain |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Collared Kingfisher sighting in Bandung on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 26th most-seen of the 28 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April, June and November–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Collared Kingfisher in Bandung on a given day, against under 5% in January and August–October, the lowest months. February–March, May and July have too few records to rate.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Collared Kingfisher sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
21st of 22
Of the 22 cities where we can rate Collared Kingfisher sightings, Bandung ranks 21st at about 10%. The best odds are in Cebu City (Philippines, about 90%), Davao City (Philippines, about 80%) and Manila (Philippines, about 70%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Collared Kingfisher is recorded against all the birds logged in Bandung (5 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
